Northeast Heights in Albuquerque, NM

87109 · Albuquerque, NM

Single Family

Northeast Heights is the broad quadrant of Albuquerque that runs from the middle of the city east to Tramway Boulevard and the base of the Sandia foothills. It filled in after World War II, when annexation pushed the city limits outward and builders such as Sam Hoffman and Dale Bellamah platted subdivision after subdivision across the mesa, with construction moving north and east for decades afterward. The land rises steadily east from the river toward the mountains, the Sandia Foothills Open Space caps the eastern edge, and the district reads as dozens of separate subdivisions rather than one planned development.

The grid came first. Norins Realty platted North Albuquerque Acres in 1931 into rectangular one-acre lots and sold them by mail, running roads on 60-foot easements with little regard for drainage. The postwar boom did the rest: Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia Labs and the Los Alamos payroll tripled the city's area between 1946 and 1950, and annexations through the 1950s pulled the remaining mesa inside the city line.

North Albuquerque Acres and Sandia Heights hold the highest ground, with High Desert, Tanoan and Glenwood Hills spread across the foothills bench below; the Tanoan area was laid out under the city's 1982 Academy/Tramway/Eubank sector plan, and Heritage East was planned between 1976 and 1981. Snow Heights and Princess Jeanne began as Dale Bellamah additions in the 1950s. Academy Acres, Holiday Park, Altura Park and Nor Este sit among them, with 47 other recorded neighborhoods filling the gaps.

Sandia Heights set an early example for water use, pairing xeriscape planting with lots of roughly three-quarters of an acre so grading stayed light and the arroyos kept running. Association dues turn up subdivision by subdivision; no single homeowners association covers the quadrant.

Elena Gallegos Open Space, 640 acres reached from Tramway by way of Simms Park Road, holds covered picnic areas and multi-use trails climbing toward the wilderness. Its name traces to the 1891 Elena Gallegos Land Grant; Albert Simms bought what remained of the grant in 1934 and left it to Albuquerque Academy. The Sandia Peak Tramway, finished in 1966, lifts from the same edge of town.

Louisiana, Wyoming and Eubank were the first arterials paved here and still carry the north-south traffic, with Tramway tracing the eastern rim. Coronado Center, ABQ Uptown and Winrock Town Center anchor the shopping at the western end.

At a glance

Active listings: 295
Sold, last 12 months: 1,238
Median sold price: $420,000
Median $/sq ft: $233
Typical size: 1,550–2,600 sq ft

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Homes for sale in Northeast Heights (296)

$850,000

3 bds · 2 ba · 2,550 sqft

12900 Sandia Point Road NE, Albuquerque, 87111

4100 Cibola Village Drive NE, Albuquerque

$489,000

4 bds · 2 ba · 1,984 sqft

4100 Cibola Village Drive NE, Albuquerque, 87111

$675,000

4 bds · 3 ba · 2,977 sqft

7010 Pala Mesa Court NE, Albuquerque, 87111

$685,000

3 bds · 3 ba · 2,310 sqft

655 Roadrunner Lane NE, Albuquerque, 87122

Amenities

Elena Gallegos Open Space / Albert G. Simms Park

Northeast Heights Communities

Schools in Northeast Heights

Northeast Heights Location

Bounded by Tramway Boulevard, at the base of the Sandia foothills (east).

Nearby Sandia Foothills Open Space (open space), Sandia Peak Tramway, Albuquerque Academy (school), Coronado Center (shopping), ABQ Uptown (shopping), Winrock Town Center (shopping)